... to common belief, activities of up to a pH value of 5.0. Non-clinical and clinical studies support the view that liberated amino acids produce a variety of direct and indirect effects. Signal chains stimulated by (mostly aromatic) amino acids lead to secretion of gastrin and cholecystokinin (CCK), mediated...

...Joachim Mössner This review provides some aspects on the physiology of stimulation and inhibition of pancreatic digestive enzyme secretion and the pathophysiology of pancreatic acinar cell function leading to pancreatitis. Cholecystokinin (CCK) stimulates both directly via CCK-A receptors on acinar...

... hormones cholecystokinin and secretin. The association of upper gastrointestinal dysfunctions with a disturbed exocrine pancreatic response is also dealt with. Lastly, these changes are related to clinical consequences such as maldigestion or malabsorption. 4 11 2008 © 1992 S. Karger AG, Basel...

...Shajan A.S. Peter; Massimo D’Amato; Christoph Beglinger Cholecystokinin (CCK) is a peptide hormone which is found both in the gastrointestinal tract throughout the human small intestine and nerves in the myenteric plexus of the enteric nervous system and in the central nervous system. This dual...

... to in the content or advertisements. Irritable bowel syndrome Visceral perception Hypersensitivity Hyperreactivity 5-HT (serotonin) 5-HT 3 5-HT 4 Corticotropin-releasing factor Fedotozine Somatostatin Cholecystokinin N-Methyl- D -aspartate Review Article Dig Dis 1999;17:90 99 Hypersensitivity...